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Eastern Subterranean Termite Pest Control

Eastern Subterranean Termite

This is the most common and widely distributed termite in North America. It occurs in areas where the average annual minimum temperature is -22°F. Including southern Ontario, Canada, and southward through the eastern United States and Texas.

Biology

Termites have simple metamorphosis: egg , nymph, and adult; although termite specialist separate the immature stages…

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Formosan Termite Pest Control

Formosan Termite

Formosan Termite is a subterranean termite. They have long been a pest in Hawaii, first collected in 1896 but not correctly identified until 1905. They were first discovered in the continental states in 1956 in Charleston, S.C., then in Houston, Texas, in 1965, and the next year in Galveston. They are known from several areas in southern United States.

Biology

Termites have…

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Dry-Wood Termite Pest Control

Dry-Wood Termite

Dry wood termites include both Southeastern and Western Dry-wood termites. Each type’s common name comes from the region of the United States that it is most common and the fact that it lives in wood which has a very low moisture content. The southeastern dry-wood termite is found in the southeastern United States and also in the Bahamas and Bermuda. The Western dry-wood termite…

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Damp-Wood Termite Pest Control

Damp-Wood Termite

As their name implies, damp-wood termites locate their colonies in damp, sometimes decaying wood. Representatives of 3 termite families (Kalotermitidae, Rhinotermitidae, Termopsidae) are included in this distinct habit group. These termites vary in appearence from family to family. Almost all of these are larger than the eastern/western/desert subterranean termites with the…

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Rat Flea Pest Control

Rat Flea Pest

This flea receives its common name of oriental rat from the fact that its favorite hosts are rats, especially the Norway rat which is thought to be of central Asian origin. This flea’s greatest importance is that it is the principle vector of bubonic plague and murine typhus from rats to humans. Oriental rat fleas are of worldwide distribution and found throughout the United States,…

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Human Flea Pest Control

Human Flea Pest

Their common name comes from Their frequent occurrence on humans under poor sanitary conditions, but they also infest pets and domestic animals. Fleas are one of the more important groups of insect pest because they not only cause discomfort by biting, but they can transmit several diseases such as plague and murine typhus. Dog fleas are found throughout the United States and…

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Dog Flea Pest Control

Dog Flea Pest

Their common name comes from one of their favorite hosts, dogs, the other being rabbits. Fleas are one of the more important groups of insect pest because they not only cause discomfort by biting, but they can transmit several diseases such as plague and murine typhus. Dog fleas are found throughout the United States and the rest of the world.

Biology

Females lay 4-8 eggs after each…

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Cat Flea Pest Control

Cat Flea Pest

Fleas are one of the more important groups of insect pest because they not only cause discomfort by biting, but they can transmit several diseases such as plague and murine typhus. Cat fleas are found throughout the United States and the rest of the world.

Biology

Females lay 4-8 eggs after each blood meal, laying some 400-500 during thier lifetime. The eggs are not glued/stuck to…

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Surinam Cockroach Pest Control

Surinam Cockroach

The common name is probably attributable to the species being described from specimens collected in Surinam. Of Indo-Malayan origin, it has been spread through commerce and is now of circumtropical distribution. In the United States it is established outdoors in New Mexico and the southern part of the Gulf Coast states including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia,…

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Smoky Brown Cockroach, Pest Control

Smoky Brown Cockroach

The smoky brown cockroach gets its name from its uniformly shining brownish black to dark mahogany color. This species is apparently native outside the United States. It is common in the southern states, from central Texas eastward through North Carolina, but does occur as far north as Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. It also occurs in southern California.

Biology

The female…

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Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach Pest Control

Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach

The Pennsylvania wood cockroach is found in the southern states and northward through the Midwestern and northeastern states and into Canada. It is apparently a native species.

Biology

The female deposits her ootheca (egg sac) under the loose bark of dead trees, stumps, fallen logs, and in other protected places. On the average, the female will produce about 30…

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Oriental Cockroach Pest Control

Oriental Cockroach

Contrary to its common name, the oriental cockroach is thought to be of north African origin. It is also commonly called a “black beetle” or “waterbug” or “shad roach.” This species has worldwide distribution.

Biology

The female usually deposits her ootheca (egg sac) within about 30 hours after it is formed. It is either dropped or glued to something in a warm protected area…

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German Cockroach, Pest Control

German Cockroach

The German cockroach is by far the most important and usually the most common of the cockroaches. In addition to being a nuisance, it has been implicated in outbreaks of illness, the transmission of a variety of pathogenic organisms including at least one parasitic protozoan, and allergic reactions in many people. This species has worldwide distribution.

Biology

The female…

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Florida Woods Cockroach/ Florida Stinkroach Pest controlled by Expert Pest

Florida Woods Cockroach/ Florida Stinkroach

The common name Florida relates to its being found primarily in Florida, that of woods because it is commonly found in wooded areas/situations, and that of stinkroach because both adult sexes are capable of emitting an oily, vile-smelling fluid. It is also known as the palmettobug because it hides under palmetto leaves on the ground. This is a native…

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Cuban Cockroach Pest Controlled by Expert Pest

Cuban Cockroach

The Cuban cockroach get its common name from the country where it was originally collected. It is a peridomestic (living around human habitations) cockroach and often enters structures because it is attracted to lights at night. Although it often arrives in bunches of bananas, it is only established throughout penninsular Florida and along the Gulf Coast in Louisiana and Texas; it…

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Brown-banded Cockroach Pest Control

Brown-Banded Cockroach

Brown-banded cockroaches get their common name from the pale brown bands which run across the wing of the adult, but more appropriatly, from the pale brown bands which run across the body of the nymph. This species is apparently of African origin and was presumably introduced from Cuba into Florida about 1903. It now occurs throughout the United States.

Biology

The female…

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Brown Cockroach Pest Control

Brown Cockroach

The brown cockroach is often mistaken for the American cockroach which it closely resembles in appearance and habits. It is primarily tropical in distribution and probably of tropical African origin. Although found mainly in the southern United States west ward through Texas, it occurs as far north as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Columbus, Ohio. It has been introduced into…

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